Declaring array of strings with initialization values in Visual Basic (VB))

Question

I'd like to use VB.net to declare an array of 9 strings and give them some default values, but I'm getting an error with the following code. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Code: Dim myWords(9) As String = {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i"}

Error: Explicit initialization is not permitted for arrays declared with explicit bounds.

the_lotus · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-04 13:24:29Z

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The error if straight forward, don't declared the array with explicit bounds.

Dim myWords() As String = {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i"}

As Tim said, you can even do

Dim myWords = {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i"}

edited Oct 4, 2018 at 13:24

answered Oct 4, 2018 at 13:19

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Tim Schmelter Over a year ago

or even more concise: Dim myWords = {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i"}

Michel de Ruiter Over a year ago

Yes. But what if I want to make sure that I gave just enough values for the size? Say months, weekdays, etc. To bad the compiler can't do that in one go.

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